Maria Thereza Alves

 
Land
Recipes for Survival
Communal
Destabilizers
Birds
Seeing you
Water
Utopia
We
Borders
Plants
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Mold Fresco

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Mold Fresco, 2022

Fresco on wood panel
300 cm x 200 cm

The work was realized for the show “Culture Does Not Isolate”, Procida
(Capital of Culture)

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On a wall in the ancient Palazzo d’Avalos on the island of Procida just off the coast of Naples, different species of mold interacting with each other, grow in a range of colors. I stepped closer to look at the different growths of Fungi and my breath made the air around them more humid. Mold coming into being because of our breathing.
The place was a former prison and before that a fortress and now there is art and visitors.

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